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<p>Hélène O’Keeffe, John Crowley, Donal Ó Drisceoil, John Borgonovo and Mike Murphy — winners of the Hodges Figgis History Book of the Year for ‘Atlas of the Irish Civil War: New Perspectives’ (Cork University Press) at this year’s An Post Irish Book Awards.</p>

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Michael Moynihan: Stuck for a superb Christmas gift? This one rewards every reader

If anyone in your house enjoys history, politics, or revolution then this is the book to buy

<p> Noel Scannell with original copies of newspapers including 'The Daily Sketch' reporting the killing of Michael Collins in August 1922 — just one part of Mr Scannell's vast collection of Michael Collins memorabilia. Picture: Larry Cummins</p>

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Cork collector says he will never sell his priceless Michael Collins memorabilia

Clodagh Finn: A street in dire need of women

Decision to execute Richard Barrett in reprisal for TD's murder 'so vindictive and so wrong'

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Decision to execute Richard Barrett in reprisal for TD's murder 'so vindictive and so wrong'

All fatalities of Irish Civil War listed for the first time in new book

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All fatalities of Irish Civil War listed for the first time in new book

Crowd Watching the Burning of Four Courts Building

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The Irish Civil War: Politics by other means

UCC launches website about all fatalities in the Irish Civil War

UCC launches website about all fatalities in the Irish Civil War

Interactive maps on the Irish Civil War Fatalities Project site details all those who died, along with a wealth of further information

Mon, 29 Apr, 2024

Remembering Cork’s longest-serving mayor: It wasn’t always smooth sailing for Seán French

Remembering Cork’s longest-serving mayor: It wasn’t always smooth sailing for Seán French

Seán French was elected as Lord Mayor of Cork 100 years ago today. While he served 12 terms, Aodh Quinlivan and John Ger O’Riordan explain why it wasn’t smooth sailing for French

Tue, 30 Jan, 2024

Good Friday Agreement

Letters to the Editor: Courts are not the path to reconciliation

Truth Recovery Ireland offer views on Ireland's legal action against the UK's new Troubles legacy law, while other readers look at a range of topics including mental health services

Tue, 26 Dec, 2023

Munster

The long overshadowed story of the burning of Mitchelstown Castle

The biggest neo-Gothic house built in Ireland was destroyed by anti-treaty forces during the Civil War

Thu, 09 Nov, 2023

Jamison Gibson-Park kicks past David Sisi 27/2/2021

How The Garryowen got its name during game in Charleville amidst the Civil War

Ireland’s last game in the pool section of the Rugby World Cup will be against Scotland on October 7, four days short of the 101st anniversary of how 'The Garryowen' is believed to have got its name during a rugby game in Charleville amidst the civil war

Sat, 02 Sep, 2023

Martin Manseragh to deliver oration in Cork to commemorate War of Independence fighter

Martin Manseragh to deliver oration in Cork to commemorate War of Independence fighter

Former political adviser to three taoisigh will deliver the oration at the commemoration to mark the 101st anniversary of the death of James O'Callaghan

Thu, 31 Aug, 2023

Photos and letters belonging to Treaty Ports negotiator to go on display on Spike Island

Photos and letters belonging to Treaty Ports negotiator to go on display on Spike Island

Tipperary native Patrick Maher negotiated the handover of all forts in Cork harbour to the Irish government in 1938 and later became manager of Shannon Airport

Wed, 23 Aug, 2023

'Pragmatism of Michael Collins' needed to continue good relations between Ireland and UK

'Pragmatism of Michael Collins' needed to continue good relations between Ireland and UK

Tommie Gorman delivered the oration at Béal na Bláth in Co Cork this afternoon on the 101st anniversary of the death of Michael Collins

Sun, 20 Aug, 2023

Mick Clifford: MacSwiney’s legacy is being stolen by Sinn Féin

S Mick Clifford: MacSwiney’s legacy is being stolen by Sinn Féin

Next Sunday, Terence MacSwiney’s grave is set to be robbed in the name of rewriting history. The graverobbing will be metaphoric but is worthy of comment.

Sat, 19 Aug, 2023

Film classification office accused of leaking 'Banshees of Inisherin' Civil War complaint

Film classification office accused of leaking 'Banshees of Inisherin' Civil War complaint

Other complaints were made about the 15A rating of the movie 'M3GAN' and the use of the word ‘bugger’ in 'Puss in Boots'

Mon, 14 Aug, 2023

Ceremony of reconciliation

S Fergus Finlay: Donohoe complaints and ‘tax cut’ cries just FG brand assertion

There is room for some modest tax changes, but there are far more important issues than that around

Tue, 30 May, 2023

Mother with little baby boy at the beach on sunset

Terry Prone: Weather like this brings the world to my doorstep for a day on the beach

All over Ireland, the sun brings families back to their favourite beaches — including 'my' little cove, Tower Bay near Portrane

Mon, 29 May, 2023

Mick Clifford: Mark their sins but acknowledge strengths of first post-Civil War government

Mick Clifford: Mark their sins but acknowledge strengths of first post-Civil War government

Conservative, insular, and often brutal, WT Cosgrave’s first government still merits positive reappraisal, writes Mick Clifford

Wed, 24 May, 2023

McDonald calls for Citizens' Assembly on reunification at Liam Lynch centenary

McDonald calls for Citizens' Assembly on reunification at Liam Lynch centenary

Some 500 people marched up a winding country road to mark the centenary of the death of Irish republican Liam Lynch at his home under sloping mountains near Anglesborough, Co Limerick.

Mon, 10 Apr, 2023

Four bronze wolfhounds guard monument commemorating events of a century ago

Four bronze wolfhounds guard monument commemorating events of a century ago

How Liam Lynch came to die in the Knockmealdown Mountains: the century-old story behind this 20-metre high round tower

Mon, 10 Apr, 2023

Liam Lynch: The story of a ‘gifted guerilla commander’

Liam Lynch: The story of a ‘gifted guerilla commander’

Regarded as 'a great soldier of Ireland' even by his opponents in the Civil War, General Liam Lynch's death on April 10, 1923, is being commemorated with a new biography, art exhibition and parades with bands from Argentina and the US

Mon, 10 Apr, 2023

Irish Civil War: Thousands take part in Liam Lynch centenary commemoration in Fermoy

Irish Civil War: Thousands take part in Liam Lynch centenary commemoration in Fermoy

Bands from the US and Argentina join commemoration of a man described at his graveside as 'a soldier's soldier'

Sun, 09 Apr, 2023

Clodagh Finn: Meet the woman who ran the Mansion House for decades

S Clodagh Finn: Meet the woman who ran the Mansion House for decades

When the lord mayor of Cork, Donal Ó Ceallacháin, called to the Mansion House in Dublin in 1921, Mary O’Sullivan turned him away. She didn’t like the look of him.

Mon, 03 Apr, 2023

Rare IRA jail paintings in Co Cork to be preserved

Rare IRA jail paintings in Co Cork to be preserved

Old Bridewell jail in Kanturk to be converted into museum and cultural centre in €6m project

Mon, 27 Mar, 2023

Mick Clifford: Cold-blooded Civil War mass murders reverberate around Kerry a century later

Mick Clifford: Cold-blooded Civil War mass murders reverberate around Kerry a century later

Mick Clifford tells the shameful story of the murder by Free State troops of five young men — and how a senior garda and a civil servant helped thwart the subsequent attempt to cover it up

Sun, 12 Mar, 2023

Mick Clifford: Sinn Féin’s distortions conveniently ignore big truths about the Civil War

Mick Clifford: Sinn Féin’s distortions conveniently ignore big truths about the Civil War

The party no longer espouses the socialist republic for which the provisional movement killed so many — but it needs to take ownership of its own history

Sun, 05 Mar, 2023

Civil War massacre in Ballyseedy marked the darkest day for a family at war

Civil War massacre in Ballyseedy marked the darkest day for a family at war

The involvement of relations on either side of the Ballyseedy atrocity 100 years ago next month has resonated down the decades for John O’Shea’s family, writes Mick Clifford

Sun, 05 Mar, 2023

Clodagh Finn: The women who tried to tunnel out of the ‘Irish Bastille’

Clodagh Finn: The women who tried to tunnel out of the ‘Irish Bastille’

Early female activists endured jail and hunger strikes, but today they face another kind of imprisonment — suspended in the stocks of a no-holds-barred social media

Sat, 04 Mar, 2023

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Owen O'Shea on the centenary of the Ballyseedy massacre

The Mick Clifford Podcast: Owen O'Shea on the centenary of the Ballyseedy massacre

Neither political party which grew out of the civil war “covered themselves in glory” in how they treated those who were injured and damaged during the conflict, according to historian Owen O’Shea.

Listen | Fri, 03 Mar, 2023

Sexual assault used as a 'deliberate tactic' in Kerry during Civil War, conference told

Sexual assault used as a 'deliberate tactic' in Kerry during Civil War, conference told

Sexual assault was deployed as a "deliberate tactic" during the Civil War, a conference in Kerry has heard.

Sun, 26 Feb, 2023

War of Independence Podcast

A special four-part series hosted by Mick Clifford

Available on
www.irishexaminer.com/podcasts

Commemorating 100 years since the War of Independence

The Burning of Cork

Longread

We look at the historical context and reproduce the original report from our archives which details one of the darkest days in the city's history.

Commemorating 100 years since the War of Independence

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